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Public Papers Of Governor A.B. Fleming, February 6, 1890 To March 4, 1893
Aretas B. Fleming, West Virginia. Governor (1890-1893 : Fleming)
M.W. Donnelly, 1891
History; United States; State & Local; South; History / United States / State & Local / South; Travel / United States / South / South Atlantic; West Virginia
Aretas Brooks Fleming was an American jurist and politician, who served as the 8th Governor of West Virginia.
Background
Aretas B. Fleming was born on October 15, 1839, in Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia), of a prominent family of Scotch-Irish origin. He was the great-grandson of William Fleming, who emigrated to America in 1741 and obtained a patent to land in Pennsylvania, and the youngest son of Benjamin F. Fleming and Rhoda Brooks.
Education
In 1859, after attending private and select schools, Fleming entered the University of Virginia, where he completed the law course under John B. Minor.
Career
In 1860, Fleming began the practise of law in Gilmer County and also opened a private school. At the opening of the Civil War he returned to Fairmont, near his birthplace, where he served as prosecuting attorney from 1863 to 1867.
After the close of the war, on September 7, 1863, he entered a law partnership with Judge Alpheus Haymond, who, in 1872, was elected to the state supreme court of appeals.
Fleming was elected to the legislature in 1872, was reelected in 1874 and was an active leader in founding the Fairmont State Normal School. Until 1878 he was attorney for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and for the next ten years he was judge of the circuit court of his district.
In 1888, Fleming was the Democratic candidate for governor. After an exciting election before the legislature he was finally elected in February 1890. As governor, through his addresses and published articles, he attracted attention to the undeveloped mineral and timber resources of his state.
He had been identified since 1874 with the coal development of the Monongahela Valley in association with his father-in-law, James Otis Watson, the pioneer coal operator of the region. He was also associated with J. N. Camden in the building of the Monongahela River Railroad of which he became a director.
In 1901 at the organization of the Fairmont Coal Company (later the Consolidation Coal Company) Fleming became a director, a position which he continued to hold until he retired from active business. He also was actively interested in the building of electric traction lines both local and interurban, and was one of the organizers and a director of the National Bank of Fairmont. Aretas B. Fleming died on October 13, 1923, in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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Politics
Aretas B. Fleming served as Prosecuting Attorney of Marion County, was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and as Judge of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of West Virginia. In 1890, he was elected as a Democrat the 8th Governor of West Virginia, serving until 1893.
Personality
His natural, dignified simplicity and cordiality won him hosts of friends.
Connections
In 1865, Aretas B. Fleming married Carrie Watson, by whom he had a daughter.